But tragedy struck shortly after it was taken as the Nissan Sentra she was travelling in was involved in a road accident and she was flung to her death and pronounced dead at the scene.

The little girl was only wearing the bottom part of her seatbelt when her mum, Miranda Clark, 32, swerved in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid a GMC truck as it drove into oncoming traffic near Laneville, Texas.

Payton’s brother, 16, was riding in the front of the vehicle and was not wearing a seat belt.

He is currently in intensive care with severe wounds and currently on a ventilator.

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She later told KETK: “She was just, oh my goodness, she was just a little live-wire.

“I mean, she was just such a sweet kid and just very energetic.

“Loved wearing her little boots and I mean, she was just a little spitfire I guess you could say.”

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